Hi All,
Um, well I could probably write a book on here, but I'm assuming most of you hate reading as much as i do, so I'll try not to make it too long:
I'm female, I'll be 18 in a few weeks, I'm 5'2 tall, and currently weigh 132.5lbs. My 2 month goal is to lose 20 pounds (I'm attending an event in two months), and my long term goal is to weigh 105-110lbs.
I've had weight problems my entire life. My highest weight was 175lbs at the age of 14, and my lowest was 118lbs at the age of 15.
I started taking birth control a little over a year ago, when I weighed 125lbs, and within a few months I had gained weight and weighed 136 and basically stayed (or even if I lost or gained a few pounds I'd always bounce back to 136) to that weight for the last entire year.
Even though I've been active and eating fairly healthy the last year, I know the pill has definitely increased my appetite, and I've read things online that also support that theory, so I figure I've just been unable to lose the weight because I've been eating too much (I've been getting extremely nauseous when I don't eat regularly -which never happened before the pill).
I can always lose a little weight during the week of my time of month when I'm on the placebo, so 2 weeks ago when i was on the placebo, I decided to buckle down and really commit to losing weight. The first week I dropped 5.5 pounds and weighed 130.5. Then when I started back on the active pills, although I have MADE SURE that I've been eating only the same amount and types of food I ate last week, I've GAINED back 2 pounds to 132.5 and I weigh myself every day, so the gain had been continuous through this week, it wasn't like an overnight water weight thing. I've also been doing cardio an hour a day every day. I realize 2 pounds isn't a lot, and that it's only the result of one week, but I feel like I'm continuing to gain even though I've been working and putting so much effort into this.
So my question is, should I just stick to this and see what happens? Am I just not being patient enough? Or am I doing something wrong? Can birth control really prevent weight loss (for some) or not? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Below are details of what I've been doing.
I've been eating 500-700 calories and day and burning 700-800 a day. My Resting metabolic rate is something like 1300. I feel like it should be impossible for me to be gaining weight.
Here is my exercise log, rules I've been following, and the types of foods I've been eating:
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Every morning: a cup of clack coffee for energy and as appetite suppressant
Every morning: warm water with fresh lemon juice and cayenne pepper (supposed to help metabolism)
Types of food allowed (note rules): Fruits, Vegetables, Lean mean (Poultry Breast, Fish), Whole grain grains.
Food Rules:
• NO refined sugars – limited organic amounts in organic ketchup, and organic beef jerky allowed.
• NO white carbs
• LOW fat only (probably no more than 5-10 grams per day).
• Limited grain carbs (probably no more than 40 grams per day). Only whole grain grain carbs.
• Slightly limited fruit carbs (just don't go overboard)
• Unlimited vegetable carbs
• Very limited or no processed food
• NOTHING artificial (no sweetners, low fat mayo, nothing), EXCEPT occasional sugar free gum or mint.
• Not necessary to "count calories for the day", however full meals should usually have no more than 200, and mentally keeping an idea as to not go over around 1000 a day – if worked out very hard, and still hungry, can slightly exceed day calorie limit, but should not exceed 200 meal calorie limit
• Keep portions reasonable. A cup of soup as a meal and not a can. If still hungry: find something to distract yourself, go to sleep, drink water, chew gum, wear retainer – try not to eat again for at least 2 hours. EAT BEFORE WORKING OUT, AND AFTER WHEN READY – eat until comfortably satisfied or you WILL FEEL HORRIBLE, SICK, HEADACHE AND DIZZY.
• STAY HYDRATED!!!!!!
• ONLY drink water – with the exception of the morning black coffee and lemon cayenne pepper drink.
Different foods to remember:
Amy's organic vegetable soup
Banana
Tuna with vinegar and pepper by itself or + Tomatos, or on one slice of Arnold's whole wheat bread
Organic ketchup
The skinless breasts of a rotisserie baked chicken
Banana Toast – 1 slice Toasted Arnold's whole wheat bread with banana slices on top of it
Sandwitch - rotisserie chicken breast on 1 slice Arnold's whole wheat bread with onions, mustard and organic ketchup.
Breakfast: Usually one cup of black coffee and a banana, then the lemon cayenne drink.
Lunch and Dinner possibilities:
1. ½ Grapefruit, and Tuna with vinegar and pepper by itself or + Tomatos, or on one slice of Arnold's whole wheat bread
2. ½ Grapefruit, 1 cup amy's organic vegetable soup, ½ slice Arnold's whole wheat bread
Snack and Meal possibilities:
Fruit (banana, grapefruit, orange, asian pear, apple)
Apple with cinnamon either cooked or raw
Vegetables (frozen broccoli, frozen cauliflower, onions)
Naturally preferred organic peppered beef jerky (I've only had this a few times as it admits to being minimally processed)
Sliced apples with fresh squeezed lemon juice on them (great for on the go/to pack)
Exercise log:
3/10/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) a little over 6 miles and a little over 600 calories
3/11/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 6.93 miles and 730 calories
3/12/10 Elliptical: 30 minutes, a little over 3 miles and 330 calories, Treadmill 20 minutes, 1 mile, 130 calories
3/13/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 7.20 miles and 820 calories
3/14/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 8.19 miles and 742 calories
3/15/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 6.50-7.50 miles and 760+ Calories
3/16/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 6.50 miles and 714 Calories
3/17/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 6.71 miles and 758 Calories
3/18/10 at boyfriends, didn't workout – took about a mile walk in the park with him
3/19/10 the day I left boyfriend's house. didn't workout.
3/20/10 Elliptical: 95 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 10.2 miles and 1220 Calories
3/21/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 5.91 miles and 637 Calories
3/22/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 7.68 miles and 768 Calories
Um, well I could probably write a book on here, but I'm assuming most of you hate reading as much as i do, so I'll try not to make it too long:
I'm female, I'll be 18 in a few weeks, I'm 5'2 tall, and currently weigh 132.5lbs. My 2 month goal is to lose 20 pounds (I'm attending an event in two months), and my long term goal is to weigh 105-110lbs.
I've had weight problems my entire life. My highest weight was 175lbs at the age of 14, and my lowest was 118lbs at the age of 15.
I started taking birth control a little over a year ago, when I weighed 125lbs, and within a few months I had gained weight and weighed 136 and basically stayed (or even if I lost or gained a few pounds I'd always bounce back to 136) to that weight for the last entire year.
Even though I've been active and eating fairly healthy the last year, I know the pill has definitely increased my appetite, and I've read things online that also support that theory, so I figure I've just been unable to lose the weight because I've been eating too much (I've been getting extremely nauseous when I don't eat regularly -which never happened before the pill).
I can always lose a little weight during the week of my time of month when I'm on the placebo, so 2 weeks ago when i was on the placebo, I decided to buckle down and really commit to losing weight. The first week I dropped 5.5 pounds and weighed 130.5. Then when I started back on the active pills, although I have MADE SURE that I've been eating only the same amount and types of food I ate last week, I've GAINED back 2 pounds to 132.5 and I weigh myself every day, so the gain had been continuous through this week, it wasn't like an overnight water weight thing. I've also been doing cardio an hour a day every day. I realize 2 pounds isn't a lot, and that it's only the result of one week, but I feel like I'm continuing to gain even though I've been working and putting so much effort into this.
So my question is, should I just stick to this and see what happens? Am I just not being patient enough? Or am I doing something wrong? Can birth control really prevent weight loss (for some) or not? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Below are details of what I've been doing.
I've been eating 500-700 calories and day and burning 700-800 a day. My Resting metabolic rate is something like 1300. I feel like it should be impossible for me to be gaining weight.
Here is my exercise log, rules I've been following, and the types of foods I've been eating:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Every morning: a cup of clack coffee for energy and as appetite suppressant
Every morning: warm water with fresh lemon juice and cayenne pepper (supposed to help metabolism)
Types of food allowed (note rules): Fruits, Vegetables, Lean mean (Poultry Breast, Fish), Whole grain grains.
Food Rules:
• NO refined sugars – limited organic amounts in organic ketchup, and organic beef jerky allowed.
• NO white carbs
• LOW fat only (probably no more than 5-10 grams per day).
• Limited grain carbs (probably no more than 40 grams per day). Only whole grain grain carbs.
• Slightly limited fruit carbs (just don't go overboard)
• Unlimited vegetable carbs
• Very limited or no processed food
• NOTHING artificial (no sweetners, low fat mayo, nothing), EXCEPT occasional sugar free gum or mint.
• Not necessary to "count calories for the day", however full meals should usually have no more than 200, and mentally keeping an idea as to not go over around 1000 a day – if worked out very hard, and still hungry, can slightly exceed day calorie limit, but should not exceed 200 meal calorie limit
• Keep portions reasonable. A cup of soup as a meal and not a can. If still hungry: find something to distract yourself, go to sleep, drink water, chew gum, wear retainer – try not to eat again for at least 2 hours. EAT BEFORE WORKING OUT, AND AFTER WHEN READY – eat until comfortably satisfied or you WILL FEEL HORRIBLE, SICK, HEADACHE AND DIZZY.
• STAY HYDRATED!!!!!!
• ONLY drink water – with the exception of the morning black coffee and lemon cayenne pepper drink.
Different foods to remember:
Amy's organic vegetable soup
Banana
Tuna with vinegar and pepper by itself or + Tomatos, or on one slice of Arnold's whole wheat bread
Organic ketchup
The skinless breasts of a rotisserie baked chicken
Banana Toast – 1 slice Toasted Arnold's whole wheat bread with banana slices on top of it
Sandwitch - rotisserie chicken breast on 1 slice Arnold's whole wheat bread with onions, mustard and organic ketchup.
Breakfast: Usually one cup of black coffee and a banana, then the lemon cayenne drink.
Lunch and Dinner possibilities:
1. ½ Grapefruit, and Tuna with vinegar and pepper by itself or + Tomatos, or on one slice of Arnold's whole wheat bread
2. ½ Grapefruit, 1 cup amy's organic vegetable soup, ½ slice Arnold's whole wheat bread
Snack and Meal possibilities:
Fruit (banana, grapefruit, orange, asian pear, apple)
Apple with cinnamon either cooked or raw
Vegetables (frozen broccoli, frozen cauliflower, onions)
Naturally preferred organic peppered beef jerky (I've only had this a few times as it admits to being minimally processed)
Sliced apples with fresh squeezed lemon juice on them (great for on the go/to pack)
Exercise log:
3/10/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) a little over 6 miles and a little over 600 calories
3/11/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 6.93 miles and 730 calories
3/12/10 Elliptical: 30 minutes, a little over 3 miles and 330 calories, Treadmill 20 minutes, 1 mile, 130 calories
3/13/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 7.20 miles and 820 calories
3/14/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 8.19 miles and 742 calories
3/15/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 6.50-7.50 miles and 760+ Calories
3/16/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 6.50 miles and 714 Calories
3/17/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 6.71 miles and 758 Calories
3/18/10 at boyfriends, didn't workout – took about a mile walk in the park with him
3/19/10 the day I left boyfriend's house. didn't workout.
3/20/10 Elliptical: 95 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 10.2 miles and 1220 Calories
3/21/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 5.91 miles and 637 Calories
3/22/10 Elliptical: 60 minutes (+ 4 minute cool down) 7.68 miles and 768 Calories
